# \[Man in Elmo Costume arrested -- Edited title\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 26, 2012, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-in-elmo-costume-arrested-edited-title/626308 "2012-06-26T00:29:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2012, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-in-elmo-costume-arrested-edited-title/626308/21 "2012-06-26T19:45:56Z")
So the Mel Gibson part was a joke? ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2012, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-in-elmo-costume-arrested-edited-title/626308/22 "2012-06-26T19:55:38Z")
Has anyone mentioned that the now deleted Mel Gibson reference was a joke? Because the Mel Gibson reference in the OP was a joke. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2012, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-in-elmo-costume-arrested-edited-title/626308/23 "2012-06-27T00:57:00Z")
Let’s see… cross-multiply, carry the 2… \*\*\*GASP!!! \*\*\*\*Mel Gibson is an anagram for Elmo Bings. \*This event was clearly manufactured by the Microsoft Jews to discredit him! ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2012, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-in-elmo-costume-arrested-edited-title/626308/24 "2012-06-27T01:17:11Z")
I like apple juice better than Microsoft juice. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2012, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-in-elmo-costume-arrested-edited-title/626308/25 "2012-06-27T01:52:39Z")
Wait…a joke about who now? ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2012, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-in-elmo-costume-arrested-edited-title/626308/26 "2012-06-27T01:59:41Z")
> [@Covered\_In\_Bees](#): > > I like apple juice better than Microsoft juice. I liked Beetlejuice better than apple juice. ---
**Author:** ![Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nunzio_Tavulari)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2012, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-in-elmo-costume-arrested-edited-title/626308/27 "2012-06-27T06:48:56Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > I liked Beetlejuice better than apple juice. I like Juice Newton ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2012, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-in-elmo-costume-arrested-edited-title/626308/28 "2012-06-27T07:06:21Z")
Who is Juice Newton? Is she like Fig Newton? ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2012, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-in-elmo-costume-arrested-edited-title/626308/29 "2012-06-27T12:17:59Z")
You mean Isaac Newton? I thought that was an apple, not a fig. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2012, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-in-elmo-costume-arrested-edited-title/626308/30 "2012-06-27T12:20:30Z")
Here comes the tricky part. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2012, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-in-elmo-costume-arrested-edited-title/626308/31 "2012-06-27T13:42:44Z")
Talk about hitting you over the head with it. I wonder if they took him to Mt. Sinai hospital? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-in-elmo-costume-arrested-edited-title/626308.md?page=1)